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90% of Gaming Addiction Patients Not Addicted

Posted by Soulskill on from the don't-worry-i'm-sure-you're-in-the-other-10% dept.

phorm writes "BBC is carrying an article which states that 90% of visitors to Europe's 'video game addiction clinic' are not, in fact, addicted. The problem is a social one rather than a psychological issue. In other words, the patients have turned to heavy gaming because they felt they didn't fit in elsewhere, or that they fit in better 'in the game' than elsewhere in 'the real world.' This has been discussed before, with arguments ranging from gaming being a good way to socialize, the clinical definition of gaming addiction, and claims than males are wired for video-game addiction."

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  1. Re:No I'm not addicted.. by tomhudson · · Score: 2, Informative

    and "stopper" is "franglais," not french ... :-)

  2. Re:tangent by MaskedSlacker · · Score: 3, Informative

    Wouldn't take nearly that long. Modern humans have only existed for 10,000 generations, and were nearly wiped to extinction (to possibly as few as 1,000 breeding pairs) only 3,500 generations ago. Compare 20th century population growth to prior centuries. A roomful (say 10 breeding pairs) could reach 6 billion in less than a hundred generations easily, given sufficient available resources.

  3. Re:No I'm not addicted.. by Thiez · · Score: 2, Informative

    Your Dutch is wrong. You're saying 'I can stop with when I want'.